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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Book Review ~ Contact Us: A Jake Corby Sci-Fi Thriller by Al Macy

Contact Us: A Jake Corby Sci-Fi Thriller

by Al Macy

On
May 22, 2018, every person on Earth sneezes. Simultaneously.

Hours
later, an alien spacecraft appears over New York City and broadcasts a dire
message of impending doom. The future of the human race will depend on the
whims of a solitary extraterrestrial. He has some nasty surprises for the
residents of Earth, and the race is on to figure out the meaning of the sneeze
event and the true motives of the alien.

Is there life beyond Earth? It's a question that has been debated for
ages. Many a book, whether fictional or
not, has been written on this topic, but Al Macy has given us something with a
unique and at times quirky twist to the never ending question. In Contact
Us, aliens do exit and the residents of Earth get their first taste with
one who appears in the form of Walter Cronkite.
But this alien gives Mr. Cronkite a whole new personality that is indeed
quite interesting. He appears to want to
help, but what are his true motives?
With the help of problem solver extraordinaire Jack Corby, the residents
of Earth are in a race against time to protect what's left and find out the
truth of Cronkite and his true intentions.

Contact
Us
is a little bit out of my norm when it comes to reading, but how could I
possibly resist a story that starts out with every person on Earth sneezing
simultaneously? This story has a little
bit of everything - aliens, humor, romance and thrills. Techy people will love reading about all the
gadgets that Cronkite gifts as well.

Mr. Macy is an incredible story teller with a
huge and creative imagination. In Contact Us, he has created an
entertaining escape from reality that was difficult to put down. If you love all things alien, then I would
recommend you pick this book up and give it try. Not only will you get a descent story, you
will also find yourself laughing a time or two.

4 stars

Al
Macy writes because he has stories to tell. In school he was the class clown
and always the first volunteer for show and tell. His teachers would say “Al
has a lot of imagination.” Then they'd roll their eyes.

But
he put his storytelling on the back burner until he retired and wrote a blog
about his efforts to improve his piano sight-reading. That's when his love of
storytelling burbled up to the surface, along with quirky words like “burble.”

He
had even more fun writing his second book, Drive, Ride, Repeat, but was bummed
by non-fiction's need to stick to “the truth” (yucko). From then on it was
fiction all the way, with a good dose of his science background burbling to the
surface.

Macy's
top priority is compelling storylines with satisfying plot twists, but he never
neglects character development. No, wait … his top priority is quirkiness, then
compelling storylines, then character development. No, wait …